Meanings
nountriptyque (plural triptyques)
plural triptyques
- artA triptych.
- A triad, a grouping of three.
- A customs pass allowing a motor vehicle into and out of France.
He had also telephoned Mathis in Paris and checked on the Peugeot. It had been hired from a respectable firm two weeks before. The customer had had a Swiss triptyque. His name was Adolph Gettler.
1953, Ian Fleming, “'Sleep Well, My Darling'”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 179
Origin
- Frenchtriptyque
- Englishtriptyque
Borrowed from French triptyque.
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Rhymes with triptyque
cryptictriptychecliptictrypticdiptychstypticanaglypticanatripticbiellipticchromothripticchymotrypticeucalypticglyptichemostypticholocrypticlithoglypticlithotripticmatricrypticnoncrypticnontrypticparalipticprocrypticpseudocrypticquadriptych
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triptyque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triptyque
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“triptyque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triptyque. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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